Enoch Arden (film)
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Enoch Arden is a 1914 British silent
drama film
directed by Percy Nash
and starring Gerald Lawrence
, Fay Davis
and Ben Webster
. It was based on a poem Enoch Arden
by Alfred Lord Tennyson.
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Percy Nash
Percy Nash
-Selected filmography:* Enoch Arden * Disraeli * Darby and Joan * The Flag Lieutenant * Hobson's Choice * Won by a Head * How Kitchener Was Betrayed * The Croxley Master...
and starring Gerald Lawrence
Gerald Lawrence
-Selected filmography:* The Harbour Lights * Enoch Arden * The Romany Rye * A Bunch of Violets * The Glorious Adventure * The Iron Duke...
, Fay Davis
Fay Davis
Fay Davis was an American stage actress from Boston, Massachusetts who was a star of many Shakespearean plays.She attended the Winthrop School in Boston and a school of oratory. Davis studied under the monologist Leland Powers. Davis became popular as a reciter in Boston and other places in New...
and Ben Webster
Ben Webster (actor)
Ben Webster was a British-born actor, and the husband of actress Dame May Whitty, and father of the British-American stage actress, Margaret Webster. His father, W. S. Webster, was the son of the famous actor Benjamin Nottingham Webster.Ben Webster was born on June 2, 1864 in London and married...
. It was based on a poem Enoch Arden
Enoch Arden
"Enoch Arden" is a narrative poem published in 1864 by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, during his tenure as England's Poet Laureate. The story on which it was based was provided to Tennyson by Thomas Woolner....
by Alfred Lord Tennyson.
Cast
- Gerald LawrenceGerald Lawrence-Selected filmography:* The Harbour Lights * Enoch Arden * The Romany Rye * A Bunch of Violets * The Glorious Adventure * The Iron Duke...
- Enoch Arden - Fay DavisFay DavisFay Davis was an American stage actress from Boston, Massachusetts who was a star of many Shakespearean plays.She attended the Winthrop School in Boston and a school of oratory. Davis studied under the monologist Leland Powers. Davis became popular as a reciter in Boston and other places in New...
- Annie Lee - Ben WebsterBen Webster (actor)Ben Webster was a British-born actor, and the husband of actress Dame May Whitty, and father of the British-American stage actress, Margaret Webster. His father, W. S. Webster, was the son of the famous actor Benjamin Nottingham Webster.Ben Webster was born on June 2, 1864 in London and married...
- Philip Ray - Dame May Whitty - Miriam Lane
- Gregory ScottGregory Scott-Selected filmography:* Enoch Arden * The Harbour Lights * Lawyer Quince * The Answer * The Ware Case * Not Negotiable * A Great Coup * Trent's Last Case...
- Charles - John Marlborough EastJohn Marlborough EastJohn Marlborough East was a British stage and film actor. He was an early film star who received over 3,000 votes in Picturegoer magazine's 1916 contest to establish the "Greatest British Film Player". He was a founder of the Neptune Studios in Borehamwood which is today the site of Elstree...
- John Lane - Douglas PayneDouglas Payne-Selected filmography:* Maria Marten * The Harbour Lights * Enoch Arden * The Little Minister * The Romany Rye * Master and Man * Flying from Justice * Fine Feathers...
- The Priest - Joan RitzJoan Ritz-Selected filmography:* Enoch Arden * The Harbour Lights * The Coal King * The Little Minister * The Romany Rye * Darby and Joan * Rodney Stone * The Croxley Master...
- Douglas Cox